Cajun restaurants in Dallas / Fort Worth

Nate's Seafood and Steakhouse

14951 Midway Road, Addison, TX 75001

Spelled simply, Cajun is an exquisite teetering act between spicy ferocity and the freshest raw materials. Nate's executes this balance with the... More »
Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen

1304 E. Copeland Road, Arlington, TX 76011

Like all Pappadeaux locations in the family-owned Pappa's chain, this one serves swimming-yesterday fare. There's a little of everything under the sea... More »
Alligator Cafe

9540 Garland Road, Dallas, TX 75218

A perennial winner of the Observer's "best Cajun" honor, Alligator Cafe is a counter-service take on South Louisiana cuisine. The restaurant"s a reliable... More »
Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen

3520 Oak Lawn Ave., Dallas, TX 75219-4308

Like all Pappadeaux locations in the family-owned Pappa's chain, this one serves swimming-yesterday fare. There's a little of everything under the sea... More »
Margaux's: A Restaurant By Design

150 Turtle Creek Blvd., Dallas, TX 75207

Owner Kay Agnew and staff serve refined Cajun/Creole-style food in a polished setting, albeit one with an industrial sensibility, due to its... More »

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Recent Critic Reviews

Alice Laussade writes for Dallas Observer on Offshore's Nextdoor

I was thinking about hitting up Offshore's Nextdoor for a late lunch, so I perused its menu online. As soon as I came across "nap 30" on their menu, I knew I had to check the place out. Unfamiliar with the term? I'll school you: "What time is it after I eat all this fried food?" "It's nap 30." I love nap 30. I also love drunk-oh-seven.

When you're driving up to the place, it...
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Alice Laussade writes for Dallas Observer on Alligator Cafe

People eating fried whole catfish with tails and everything count: 4
Cop count: 3

When you're driving around Dallas looking for a place to eat lunch on the cheap, you've gotta know what you're looking for. If the place has fancy freakin' awnings or a shmancy revolving door or a valet of any kind, flip it the bird and keep on driving. Now, on the other hand, if it looks...
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Elaine Liner writes for Dallas Observer on Crustaceans

Cajun used to mean exotic. Twenty-five years ago, before Chef Paul Prudhomme foisted his blackened redfish on gustatory history--giving lesser cooks license to char stuff to an ebony crisp and call it Southern cuisine--we could find really fine Cajun cooking, and its New Orleans cousin, Creole, only down in the Louisiana swamps where they invented it. Now it's everywhere. Luby's serves a...
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Recent User Reviews

svolhein wrote a review for Alligator Cafe
05/12/10

Real cajun cooking, probably the best I've found in Dallas to date. Their red beans and rice are killer!
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ragazza_007 wrote a review for Frilly's Seafood Bayou Kitchen
05/24/09

My fav place for hot, fresh, puffy & fluffy beignets!
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